Bills by

Neil D. Breslin

Senator

10,455 bills as primary sponsorProfile and scorecard →breslin@senate.state.ny.us

2011-2012 session

Sponsored bills

10,455 bills. Ordered by the date of each bill’s latest official action: referral, amendment, floor vote, passage or signature.

Impact is how much a bill would change if enacted, from 1 (minimal) to 10 (transformational). Passage is our estimate of the chance it becomes law this session. How we score

S2201Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Reported and committed to finance
Provides for the reinvestment of funds into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for establishment of fund
Provides for the reinvestment of funds generated by savings due to declines in the state prison census into community-based services for persons suffering from chemical dependence and for the…
Martin J. GoldenFinance Committee
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S1976Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules
Expands the amount of information available about registered sex offenders on the division of criminal justice services website
Expands the amount of information available to police and the public, by means of the internet, on registered sex offenders; authorizes any person to register with the division of criminal justice…
Michael GianarisRules Committee

S1898Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires establishment of model community programs

Requires establishment of model community programs, including a model telephone reassurance program and a model visiting program for elders.

Ruben DiazRules Committee

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S1850Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires general hospitals to establish policies/procedures regarding domestic violence; to establish training programs; to designate staff to coordinate services

Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates…

Suzi OppenheimerRules Committee

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S1845Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides business tax credit for employer provided day care

Provides employers with a tax credit in an amount not to exceed 20% of expenses incurred in providing day care services to the children and wards of its employees and in training persons employed by…

Suzi OppenheimerRules Committee

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S1796SenateA1912· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes a personal income tax credit for portion of residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the household gross income

Establishes a personal income tax credit for a portion of a taxpayer's residential real property taxes which exceeds a certain percentage of the taxpayer's household gross income; provides that the…

Velmanette MontgomeryRules Committee

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S1754Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to notice and filing of application for a real property tax exemption for senior citizens

Provides additional notice of the real property tax exemption for senior citizens under section 467 of the real property tax law and requires municipal corporations to permit late filings within 60…

Ruben DiazRules Committee

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S1706Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding

Authorizes use of closed-circuit television for the testimony of domestic violence victim witnesses in a criminal proceeding subject to the same restrictions as are applicable to child witnesses.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S1606Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Makes provisions regarding medical assistance presumptive eligibility program

Ensures that uninsured persons discharged from mental hospitals have continuous access to medications; expands the medical assistance presumptive eligibility program to include persons without…

Velmanette MontgomeryRules Committee

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S1596Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Enacts the "Atlantic Yards Governance Act"

Enacts the "Atlantic Yards governance act"; creates the Atlantic Yards development trust with purposes and powers of the trust and further establishes a stakeholder council.

Velmanette MontgomeryRules Committee

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S1593Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes a nuclear whistleblower access and assistance program to promote public health and safety

Directs the NYS energy research and development authority and public and private operators of each nuclear-powered electric generating facility to establish a nuclear whistleblower access and…

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S1557Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements

Provides for the requirements in absentee ballot applications for village elections to conform to state board of election absentee ballot requirements.

Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.Rules Committee

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S1472Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Creates a temporary state commission to study sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities; repealer

Creates a temporary state commission to study and investigate sexual misconduct in state correctional facilities among inmates and employees and shall devise a reporting system for notification of…

Velmanette MontgomeryRules Committee

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S1438Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Enacts bill of adoptee rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories for adoptees

Enacts Bill of Adoptee Rights clarifying language and procedures for obtaining birth certificates and medical histories of adoptees; permits an adopted adult to access certain records when they…

Velmanette MontgomeryRules Committee

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S1400Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Creates new law on recording interrogations

Provides that, as a general rule, any statement made during a custodial interrogation is inadmissible unless such interrogation was electronically recorded; provides exceptions as to when a…

Bill PerkinsRules Committee

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S1110Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S1023Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations

Broadens scope of prevailing wage requirements for service employees and establishes criminal penalties for violations.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S1002Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires employees of dealers in firearms and gunsmiths to submit to a criminal background check

Requires employees of dealers in firearms to submit to state and national criminal background checks and sets forth procedures for employment certificates.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S979Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes the small business crime prevention services

Establishes the small business crime prevention services to provide small businesses with information on strategies, best practices and programs offering training and assistance in prevention of…

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S972SenateA1323· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Mandates that every owner of a cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant shall install security cameras

Enacts "Imette's Law"; mandates that every owner of an cabaret establishment, but which is not a restaurant, shall install security cameras at every entrance and exit of such establishment.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S970Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud

Raises the monetary value of damaged property that is considered criminal mischief or securities fraud.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S971Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day

Designates the tenth day of March of each year as a public holiday, to be known as Harriet Tubman day.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S968Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced

Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.

Ruth Hassell-ThompsonRules Committee

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S965Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals

Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals; provides that such measures shall be promulgated…

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S907Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Permits tenants in certain cities to take a rental offset for repair of hazardous conditions

Provides that in cities with a population of one million or more, a tenant or group of tenants, after proper notice to the landlord of the existence of a hazardous violation of housing codes and…

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S894Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons

Prohibits pharmacists from refusing to dispense medication solely for philosophical, moral, or religious reasons.

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S895SenateA3292· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"

Enacts the "children's weapon accident prevention act"; creates crimes of failure to store a weapon safely in the first and second degrees, aggravated failure to store a weapon, and criminally…

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S892Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception under certain circumstances and conditions

Provides for the dispensing of emergency contraception under certain circumstances and conditions.

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S815Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Referred to social services

Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued

Provides for daycare reimbursement by the state within thirty days of an invoice being issued.

Kenneth P. LaValleSocial Services Committee

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S727Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Relates to unemployment insurance benefits for professional employment by certain educational institutions

Provides that an offer of employment or assignment made to a part-time faculty employee by a higher education institution which is contingent on enrollment, funding, or programmatic changes shall…

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S681Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Creates council on affordable housing within executive department and requires comprehensive planning and construction of low and moderate income housing

Creates a fair sharing housing act and a council on affordable housing within the executive department; provides for planning and construction of low and moderate income housing in accordance with…

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S679Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender

Establishes penalties for failure to provide a DNA sample and failure to register or verify as a sex offender; establishes the crimes of failure to provide a DNA sample in the first and second…

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S676Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires employees of dealers in firearms and gunsmiths to submit to a criminal background check

Requires employees of dealers in firearms to submit to state and national criminal background checks.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S666Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination

Provides for annual school lead-copper tap water testing; requires the publishing of reports of contamination and abatement of such contamination; requires school districts to provide potable water…

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S671Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest

Requires farm workers and domestic workers to be given at least 24 hours of consecutive rest like other employees in New York State.

José PeraltaRules Committee

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S526Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Referred to transportation

Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license

Relates to sanctions for driving while ability impaired while holding a conditional license.

Charles J. Fuschillo Jr.Transportation Committee

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S457Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Establishes it shall be unlawful for a person to have his or her application to rent or lease a residence to be denied due to prior housing court proceedings

Establishes it shall be unlawful for a person to have his or her application to rent or lease a residence to be denied due to a previous housing court proceeding; allows a person aggrieved to…

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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S451Senate· Moved Mar 12, 2012· Committee discharged and committed to rules

Revises proceedings to recover possession to prevent avoidable eviction and resulting homelessness; requires improved notice to the respondent

Revises proceedings to recover possession of premises located in a multiple dwelling; requires premises to be registered with the local agency responsible for code enforcement; petition shall be…

Liz KruegerRules Committee

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